Definitely glad they will go into it. There is so much depth to the KillZone universe. The Helghan are so much more than intergalactic nazis. It's actually very hard to choose a side to sympathize with in the conflict.

The surest sign that you are on the right side of a debate is when you find yourself against those who are stuck in the past because they have no future.

Definitely glad they will go into it. There is so much depth to the KillZone universe. The Helghan are so much more than intergalactic nazis. It's actually very hard to choose a side to sympathize with in the conflict.

Yep I want to know more about them. I hope in a future KZ game that we get to play as a Helghast soldier and see the war from their viewpoint.

As I recall, Shadow Marshalls actually moonlight as Helghan and try to keep the peace by infiltrating splinter factions within Vektan and Helghan. So, there is definitely the possibility of missions in Shadowfall where you are lacing up your Helghan boots so to speak.

The surest sign that you are on the right side of a debate is when you find yourself against those who are stuck in the past because they have no future.

Their history doesn't paint them as good at all. There are parallels with early 20th century Germany, but evil rose to power due to extensive exploitation after WWI. Helghast were always evil, and they volunteered to go back to Helghan. The games already make it black and white.

As I recall, Shadow Marshalls actually moonlight as Helghan and try to keep the peace by infiltrating splinter factions within Vektan and Helghan. So, there is definitely the possibility of missions in Shadowfall where you are lacing up your Helghan boots so to speak.

The Helghast are a community who spent centuries under oppression, don't forget they were the original human inhabitants of Vekta. They were forced to move to Helghan and mine resources for the rest of their lives, for refusing to pay Earth exorbitant taxes.
previously this work was carried out by machines and managed by the Helghan from Vekta.

The Harsh conditions in Helghan caused the majority of Helghans to be wiped out, those that survived did so due to mutations. Its similar to what the Soviet Union did when they wanted to punish a group of people or steal the resources beneath their feet, they where captured and forcibly relocated to siberia where the majority of people died.

After such long suffering, among them Radec was born, whose sole mission in life was to re establish what they had, and exact revenge. To do so he converted the workers and miners in to a military force.

The Helghast are a community who spent centuries under oppression, don't forget they were the original human inhabitants of Vekta. They were forced to move to Helghan and mine resources for the rest of their lives, for refusing to pay Earth exorbitant taxes.
previously this work was carried out by machines and managed by the Helghan from Vekta.

The Harsh conditions in Helghan caused the majority of Helghans to be wiped out, those that survived did so due to mutations. Its similar to what the Soviet Union did when they wanted to punish a group of people or steal the resources beneath their feet, they where captured and forcibly relocated to siberia where the majority of people died.

After such long suffering, among them Radec was born, whose sole mission in life was to re establish what they had, and exact revenge. To do so he converted the workers and miners in to a military force.

The early part makes it sympathetic. Even the Radec part is understandable. But the cartoonish/Joker type of General in KZ 2/3 make them laughably black and white 'bad'.

That's the most heartbreaking part of Killzone. The back story is almost completely ignored. I would love to play as a the Hellghast, too see the complexities of their history and their identity explored properly and in context. i think it was Radec that coined the term Helghast as a reaction to the oppression.

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